Virat Kohli-led Team India Arrives in Dhaka for Short Tour
Team India will play a one-off Test and three ODIs in Bangladesh, starting June 10.
- Press Trust of India
- Updated: June 08, 2015 04:01 pm IST
The Virat Kohli-led Indian cricket squad arrived here today for a short series against Bangladesh, featuring a one off Test that begins on Wednesday followed by three One-day Internationals. (We have learnt a lot, it's time to win: Kohli)
The 14-man side flew in from Kolkata, where it had assembled for a brief camp before the series. The one off Test at Fatullah will be Kohli's first as full-time captain after Mahendra Singh Dhoni abruptly retired from Tests during the tour of Australia. (Bangladesh World Cup controversy is behind us: Virat Kohli)
Opener K L Rahul, originally named in the Test squad, was ruled out with fever and the management decided against his replacement. Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh returns to the squad after playing his last international match in March 2013. (No head coach, no problem: Ravi Shastri)
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India have won six Tests out of the seven they have played against Bangladesh with one turning out to be a draw. All the five-day games have been played in Bangladesh and the last time two teams met in a bilateral series was in 2009-10 when India won 2-0.